Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 9.23

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इत्यब्रवीद्भूमिपतिर्भवन्तं वाक्येन वाष्पग्रथिताक्षरेण ।
श्रुत्वा भवानर्हति तत्प्रियार्थं स्नेहेन तत्स्नेहमनुप्रयातुम् ॥ २३ ॥

ityabravīdbhūmipatirbhavantaṃ vākyena vāṣpagrathitākṣareṇa |
śrutvā bhavānarhati tatpriyārthaṃ snehena tatsnehamanuprayātum || 23 ||

'Thus did the king say to thee in a speech whose words were stopped by tears,—surely having heard it, for the sake of what is so dear to him, thou wilt with all affection follow his affection.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (9.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Itya, Bhumipati, Bhavanta, Bhavat, Bhavant, Vakya, Bhava, Arhat, Tat, Tad, Priyartham, Sneha, Anu, Pra, Praya, Atu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.23). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “ityabravīdbhūmipatirbhavantaṃ vākyena vāṣpagrathitākṣareṇa ”
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
abravīd -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
bhūmipatir -
bhūmipati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavantam -
bhavanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vākyena -
vākya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √vac class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √vac class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √vak class 1 verb]
Cannot analyse vāṣpagrathitākṣareṇa
Line 2: “śrutvā bhavānarhati tatpriyārthaṃ snehena tatsnehamanuprayātum ”
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
bhavān -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
priyārtham -
priyārtham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
snehena -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sneham -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
anu -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

anu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
prayā -
prā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

prayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ātum -
ātu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]